Some of us have been following the Danny Fenster story, a US journalist sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Myanmar government for alleged breaches to immigration and terrorism laws. Thankfully the latest news is that Fenster was released and should be back in the USA soon.
The blogmaster hesitates to use the word empathetic to hint at being able to understand the challenges of a Western journalist staying true to the mandate of the fourth estate working in a country like Myanmar. It must take unswerving commitment and dedication to the cause – ‘truth to power’.
Why the musings from a lowly blogmaster this day? We live in a world where every cause has a strident defender. It takes a special person with the courage to do what is right; to have the courage of their convictions. How do we as sensible people dispassionately negotiate win win positions where personal positions or narrow interest can accommodate the interest of the collective? After all, a quality whole is the sum of its parts.
How will we be able to nurture a wholesome society operating under an outmoded adversarial political system?
How is our system of parliamentary government relevant if checks and balances in the name of committees of parliament e.g. Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Committee of Privilege etc serve roles in the breach only?
How will we improve our governance system if Auditor General reports are routinely ignored by policymakers and lawmakers?
How can we defend that we live in a ‘free’ country if the justice system is systemically compromised by violating its role that “justice delayed is justice denied’? This includes key actors of the Barbados Bar Association and Disciplinary Committee who are officers of the Court.
Where is the will to stamp out growing lawlessness manifested on our roads by motorists, PSV sector etc? A sector by all accounts shrouded in an uncomplimentary sub culture.
More importantly, where is the will of the citizenry to demonstrate that we are an intelligent and educated people by understanding the importance of holding public officials accountable?
A prominent Barbadian is reputed to have said that one day Bajans will wake up and be unable to recognize the Barbados we live in. What will it take for Barbadians to stay true to the ideals of what is Barbados.
Our failure to educate citizens to think in a way that nurture a philosophical outlook has led us to where we are presently in a quagmire. We seem to be a people satisfied with meandering to an unknown destination fast. Unaware of the purpose of our existence because of a willingness to remain untethered to a philosophical mooring.
Are we there yet Bajans?
I see that a few more are awake. My hope of having a conversation has been abandoned.
Since I fear any response will be hijacked, I will go back to being the fool.
JOKE OF THE YEAR = metaverse embassies…..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
and am not the only one laughing.
Williams, uh see that you wide awake and out looking to pick fights and pelt some big rocks from the sidelines. Lol.
Wait Wiĺliams, when was the last time you had a conversation wid anybody except yuh self? Man when you ready you duz crack a lotta corny jokes and talk nuff nuff shite.
I like that name Williams real bad.
Have a great day.
TheO,
I am assuming you were wishing to have a conversation with me.
So… let me attempt to explain, hopefully without input from others whose intentions I find to be questionable.
Let us return to our latest squirmish!
The truth is that a returnee was criminally relieved of her life savings in Barbados. The truth is that another returnee was criminally relieved of the contents of her house.
True, these terrible things do happen in Barbados. It is good to be aware.
What is a distortion of the truth is that you need to fear returning since you are more than likely to suffer the same fate. It is not nearly so bad that you should see yourself as “prey”.
It is actually far more likely that you won’t suffer that fate once you take precautions befitting your financial position, same as I do.
If you have something worth stealing, protect it. Secure your home and your person appropriately. Be aware.
No need for excessive fear at all. Just common sense.
I hear the Court of Appeal got caught short today adjudicating on a matter in which all of the litigants on one side are deceased.
It seems as though it has been doing it for a while.
The QC for the deceased parties on instruction from the deceased insisted the other side produce an affidavit to show the parties instructing him are deceased.
So the other side read the death notice out of the Nation.
You can’t make up this stuff.
Been going on for a while in the Kingsland matter.
Attorneys at Law are now offering their services to the dead.
… been going on for a while.
Identity Spirituality
Older Cultures used to see aspects of God in woman, nature, sun etc
but for last 500 years Christians see it in a blue eyed Jesus born in Palestine
the one star bitch is going to hell in a handcart
@D
You tend to believe and say positive vibes about Barbados and it’s peoples
Everyone else comes on the Underground to vent whine moan and groan
You are not singing from the same hymn sheet as the rest of the choir
555,
I experience the positive every day. I also experience the negative. But not every day.
Barbados is a place in which one can live quite happily, once one accepts that the struggle must continue, pretty much as it does almost everywhere else in the world.
What happened here is that we rested on our laurels for a couple of decades. We assumed the struggle was over. And so we lost some ground. This happened because living conditions improved dramatically for most people and we were lulled into a false sense of security. We assumed the momentum would take us forward without further effort.
While we rested, other forces were pushing.
It is past time we start back pushing. It is not too late.
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Greetings to al.
I was looking for a conversation, but decided yo hold my peace
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The good thing about billing the estate of the deceased is that the deceased do not complain.
It would be good to know how long this case was in the system
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@AC
I came to the conclusion that these things will not stop, until Bajans are not afraid of going to jail.
The Old talk on BU and FB will not solve anything.
@ Donna
“What happened here is that we rested on our laurels for a couple of decades. We assumed the struggle was over. And so we lost some ground. This happened because living conditions improved dramatically for most people and we were lulled into a false sense of security. We assumed the momentum would take us forward without further effort.
While we rested, other forces were pushing.“
Agree 100%. That’s the exact mistake the Black Americans made. They thought that after the turbulent 60s, they would have been okay. But, they now realise , that far from being okay, they now have to fight again for what they thought they had already won.
Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
So they are now fighting both present and former atrocities.
The struggle for Blacks everywhere continues.
As I have said before, one does not need to be unafraid to “make a jail”. One only has to skilfully plant the idea that one is unafraid to make a jail.
Mad woman system. It works.
TheOGazertsNovember 19, 2021 10:19 AM
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The good thing about billing the estate of the deceased is that the deceased do not complain.
It would be good to know how long this case was in the system
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Grasshopper
I’m waiting to see if the press covers it.
So far the press has broadcast a decision before it was in the hands of the living party with the dissenting opinion of one Justice of Appeal and every time there has been a date in the Court of Appeal it is covered.
You should be able to figure out which case it is.
It’s the one with the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar meeting which took place in 2010.
https://barbadosunderground.net/2021/08/09/disciplinary-committee-fails-to-protect-client-now-deceased-again/
Here’s the question to be answered.
If litigants are deceased and do not have personal representatives as per their wills how can three Justices of Appeal sit, hear submissions on their behalf from a QC and make a ruling?
Says alot about the QC and the Justices, regardless of the actions of the defendant.
My understanding, given what I have experienced is that proceedings cannot continue once a litigant dies.
Normally, the executor/personal representative would continue the litigation or end it.
The court can also appoint a suitable party for the purpose of the continuation of the case.
Grasshopper
If you want to find out what else is going on between Philip Nicholls and Barry Gale, read his book(s).
It might help you to understand the proceedings in the court
I see there are numerous ships stuck in the ice in the Arctic which has frozen a fortnight early.
Scratch climate change.
All the maguffis who went to Glasgow must be wondering how this is possible.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/dozens-of-ships-stuck-in-arctic-as-ice-freezes-early-in-reverse-of-recent-warming-winters/ar-AAR0n3c?ocid=msedgntp
@WURA-War-on-U
See what African governments are allowing at the expense of the lives and wellbeing of their people – As in the past, now and forever it seems.
To see online videos of Africans paying people smugglers vast sums to abuse them in Libya and Morocco in the false hope of a better life in Europe. They don’t care how they are treated or if they die at sea in pursuit of their “DREAM”. Nigeria is supposed to be oil rich yet their citizens are part of the dream seekers who are dying at sea, languishing in refugee camps in Europe or working as paid slaves in Arab countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJ8me22NVs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0011wn5/panorama-the-electric-car-revolution-winners-and-losers?xtor=ES-211-%5B48754_PANUK_DIV_47_NCA_ElectricCarRevolution_RET_ABC%5D-20211125-%5Bbbcone_panoramatheelectriccarrevolutionwinnersandlosersourplanetnow_factualcurrentaffairs
If you are still in denial, that reminds me of a cartoon where a man’s girlfriend is in a wedding dress, arms linked to the husband outside the church and his reaction is “Rosie, please say it isn’t so”.
Remember when the yacht from Senegal showed up in Barbados in 2006 with all 11 dead on board?
Africa has had its problems for years and they only seem to be getting worser.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/29/gilestremlett.mainsection